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NATO's new target to keep Trump happy

2025/6/5
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Jim Townsend: 北约正试图通过将部分国防开支转移到基础设施建设上来达到特朗普要求的5% GDP国防开支目标。这包括改善欧洲的军事调动能力,例如修复德国的铁路系统和连接波兰的桥梁。然而,即使是达到3.5%的国防开支目标对许多国家来说也是一个挑战,包括美国。冷战结束后,我们放松了警惕,导致现在需要追赶。俄罗斯可能在未来对北约成员国采取行动,因此,到2030年代后期才实现目标有些迟缓。国防工业的规模也在缩小,无法快速满足增长的需求,这使得加速国防开支变得困难。普京可能会利用西方军备生产的滞后性采取行动。 Toby Seeley: 美国国防部长 Pete Hegseth 提出北约成员国需要同意将国防开支提高到 GDP 的 5%,北约秘书长 Mark Rutter 提议各国承诺将 GDP 的 3.5% 用于国防开支,剩余的 1.5% 用于基础设施建设。

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The US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has told NATO countries they need to agree to Donald Trump’s 5% defence spending target by the end of this month. So NATO has come up with some creative accounting to keep the US happy. It wants members to spend 3.5% of GDP on defence, plus another 1.5% on infrastructure on top of that. It's an attempt to placate Donald Trump - but will it be delivered fast enough? Former Pentagon official Jim Townsend explains why the new bridges it pays for may be as important as the new bombs.

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